Symphony No. 2 in C minor 'Resurrection'

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Symphony No. 2 in C minor 'Resurrection'
Adriana Kucerová (soprano) / Christianne Stotijn (mezzo soprano) / London Philharmonic Orchestra and Choir / Vladimir Jurowski

[ LPO Live / 2 CD ]

Release Date: Monday 1 August 2011

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"The really big factor here is Jurowski's command of Mahler's very particular and very dramatic way with rubato and the shock of newness that comes from those explicit extremes." Gramophone Top Ten Mahler Symphony Recordings

"This epic journey from dark to light is hardly short of recordings, but this live one can hold its head up high. The soloists are superb, and the LPO plays beautifully for Jurowski, who shows a total mastery of pacing. The huge narrative of the finale can easily sag, but here it leads unerringly to the magical choral entry."
(Daily Telegraph)

"A performance of revelations, big and small, and easily the most illuminating to have appeared on disc in a very long time...probably now the prime recommendation, the "library" choice, that has for so long eluded us...The really big factor here is Jurowski's command of Mahler's very particular and very dramatic way with rubato and the shock of newness that comes from those explicit extremes."
(Gramophone Recording of the Month Aug 2011)

The London Philharmonic Orchestra has a long heritage with Mahler's symphonies cemented in a mid-European tradition through Tennstedt's work with the Orchestra in the 1980s and early 1990s. Vladimir Jurowski has waited longer than many other conductors might before tackling Mahler mainly, he says, because to approach this music is "to touch on something that is for me extremely precious and personal".

Mahler's Second Symphony is a compelling start to Jurowski's documentation of this great composer. His approach fully reveals the dynamic extremes in Mahler and this recording emphsises how much soft scoring there is, such is Jurowski's sensitivity and control. Jurowski differs from Tennstedt in that there is no over emotional self-indulgence, he allows the music to do the talking and his tempos and pacing are faultless.

'...when the chorus finally stood up and let rip in the closing moments, it set the seal on a masterful performance from a world-class orchestra-conductor team.' The Guardian, September 2009